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LOT 0569
Roman Bronze Openwork Mount Group
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 5/8 in. (27.4 grams total, 29-42 mm).
Comprising: a cruciform mount with concentric crosses and remains of four mounting lugs to reverse; a quatrefoil mount composed of lunate forms radiating from a central circle, four mounting lugs to reverse. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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